Christmas Eve & Christmas Celebration
Though it was a working day on X'mas Eve.. it's only for 2 hours!! Left the office in a rush though, grabbing all personal docs & stuffing them in the drawer.. & catching up with the Mgmt who drove us to the venue:
Sakura Pte Ltd- International Buffet at Dhoby Ghaut- 2nd latest outlet.
The Brand which i do its accounts.. 11 headaches..
Photos taken with my Colleagues from Accounts Dept:
Afterwhich, we move on to Plaza Sing to shop & chill at TCC..
Supposedly had agreed to turn up for JY's performance at Heeren(coz i Promise her!) but apparently with no response from my SADF peeps & colleagues had own errands to run.. i got to give it a miss with much regret..
With much time to fill from after shopping with Kelly & Cassandra to meeting up with my Batch 6 peeps.. decide to msg those who can come up early to accompany me..
and guess who responded?
It was as if my last entry had a voice that had turned my wish into a reality:
It was time really for us to do a good catching up before Yr 2009 ends:
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Yepz, it's none other than my Buddy, Lionel!
This pic was taken in our X'mas party in class & coincidence would occur yet again, he was my secret angel..
Imagine my shock when he pass me the present?(awkwardness was still in e air as we took e pic) i was like.. "Hmm.. of all classmates.. he became my angel"
The rule of the X'mas exchange: Ian the coordinator, would be allocating names to each of us on a random basis..of our recipent & their wishes of X'mas gift... (Unless Ian reads my blog which is pretty impossible).. it would have been Coincidence #3 for our Reconciliation of Lost Buddies..
As can seen in the picture, received a pair of beautiful silver ear-rings from Chomel.
got to say, it's my best christmas present thus far...
Coincidence #4 : he just happen to be out after work, had planned to meet his frens for dinner elsewhere but due to distance, he had a change of plan.. & we met up for dinner..
It was a good old hours chat as we had dinner at :
guess what? as far as my memory could bring back to 3 years ago.. this was the very foodcourt (was @ Wisma) we had dinner before we meet again 3 years later.
Chatted about each others life.. and we can't stop laugh about Coincidences #1 & #2:
Coincidence #1 for our Reconciliation of Lost Buddies:
Same Ministry- Talking Hands Ministry..
Being in same church is not a Coincidence. as CHC is a large church.. Ministry wise,Had we met in usher ministry, it would be pretty common as it's among the largest ministry in church..
but THM? it was a small ministry, not one really popular ministry...
Coincidence #2 for our Reconciliation of Lost Buddies:
Same Batch - Batch #6..
Now, who could ever predict we can end up in the same batch when i been in church for yearsss & he being around a yr plus..
i waited a year before i finally received the call from the coordinator..
He came in 1 lesson before mine..
Mystery : a question i popped up - why 3 yrs?
None of us could come up with a logical answer for that..
Spiritual number he says.. Christ was risen 3 days later..
Hmm...
End of dinner before we met up with Mark.. whom can't stand waiting for us to finish our prolonged dinner..
Conclusion : we both had changed & mature much since the last 3 yrs... all misunderstanding & awkwardness by now, had been 100% cleared..
Truely, i thank God for this Buddy-ship which i thought i had lost forever.. i am blessed. =)
Differ-ability: for every lost frenship, i will always attempt to salvage it back... but for every lost relationship, i prayed hard & hard that i will never see my Exs ever again.. not on the street..
if coincidences as above occurs, i will consider it a Trial rather than a blessing.. & i will quit that activity with immediate effect.. no hestitation at all.
Simply to put it, every broken r/s is an stepping stone towards courage & personal goals.. i burned the bridge as i cross.. a never turning back.
On to something happier..
We rush to meet up with Mark at St. Andrew's Cathedral:
We wanted to catch a feel of Catholic Christmas Service.. Mainhall was fully packed, we had to move on to the Overflow room..
Aftermaths: we left halfway, after the carols were sung ( i gave an extreme bored look) before the main service starts..
We wanted Life and so on Ian's suggestion.. we move on to:
Timbre @ Arthouse:
My favourite Hang out place!
The band performing on that day was great:
Band name: Co-ed Liza.
Fact finder:
- Members:
- Coy - Cajon/Drums- Coy is a veteran of Manila's alternative music since in the early 90's. He played drums for the 4-piece punk rock band Public Menace which performed in underground gigs in and around of Manila. A Restaurant Manager by day, he briefly disappeared from the music scene and resurfaced as the "cajon"player for Co-Ed Liza. His influence include The Clash, Geenday, Offspring and Manila-based, Eraserheads, and Rivermaya. Edwin - Guitars/Vocals- A self-taught guitarist, Edwin is a veteran of overseas gigs particulary Japan. He is a licensed Mechanical Engineer in the Philippines, but he decided to pursue his passion for music. The guy with a well-controlled, full-toned voice, Edwin can sing and play the guitar particularly well. His musical influences range from David Gates, Christopher Cross, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Stephen Bishop just to name a few. Liza - Vocals- Liza or "Meemye" as she is known in the Manila acoustic music circuit, is an accomplished singer who shows her versatility in performing classic, ballad, alternative and R & B songs. Born to sing, Liza is a veteran of numerous singing competitions in Manila since she was young. From Patti Austin to Taylor Swift, Karen Carpenter,Colbie Caillat, Lisa LOeb, Sheryl Crow,Rihanna and Beyonce Knowles. Her influence in music shows in the song she loves to sing every night.
- Genre:
- acoustic
- Hometown: Philippines
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- Check this link of their Performance:
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- http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=co-ed+liza&init=quick#/video/video.php?v=1249343721504
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- It's better to watch the live version
- Love their takes one: Lady Gaga's Poker Face and Black Eyed Peas- I gotta Feeling
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Drank my favourite Yagger Bomb and we chatted, photowhore, played game till 1am plus.. wanted to hang out later but we had our church service the very next morning.
25th: Christmas Day
Attended service bringing Jing Yi, Kelly, Cassandra together with Xin yi's and her bf (of whom is a chc member too)..
it was a great drama production by the fabulous Drama team.
Met up with SADF peeps in the evening to had dinner @ Mahanttan's Fish Market:
Supposedly to go clubbing at St James Powerhouse after the dinner.. but i blew quite a huge amount the nite before & couldn't afford to blew another round on clubbing again.. if not i got to survive on bread & butter for the whole month.
Simply because be meeting up Rapper & Rainbow for Dinner at Bollicine , Meet up with the Sotongs.. both group which i had not met up with ages..
and saving up for my upcoming studies in ACCA.
26th:- My Virgin Attempt
went for SADF's Youth Beat meeting.. our very 1st meeting for the year.. conducted by James. this group consists of 11 members of whom i am glad there is Mark & Ian. Kok Leong and a few others.
James went on to brief us on the objectives of Youth Beat & i became the Interpretator for him and all the way.. the very 1st attempt..saboed out by Kok Leong who insists & told james beforehand b4 i agreed..
Had our discussions on the Activities to plan out for the deaf youths and Agenda for the next meeting..
This's gonna be exciting as the group of us are going to put our heads together to branch out ideas, source for sponsors and befriend the Hearing Impaired Youths..
1st Idea branched out: An Ice Breaker for Introduction & Bonding in Feb.
Gonna go into further details for our next month's meeting.
Gonna rope in more people with interest to help out.
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Signing off.
